Privacy Policy

Commitment To Your Privacy

This site is owned and operated by Deep Roots Massage & Bodywork. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Deep Roots, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information DeepRootsMB.com Gathers And Tracks

DeepRootsMB.com gathers two types of information about users:

Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to participate in polls and surveys:

Information DeepRootsMB.com gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views and through the use of Google Analytics. Under no circumstances does DeepRootsMB.com divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

DeepRootsMB.com Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:

Optional Voluntary Information

We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:

1. Polling

We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. DeepRootsMB.com may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

2. Surveys

DeepRootsMB.com may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.

Children

Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Usage Tracking

DeepRootsMB.com tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of the site. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. DeepRootsMB.com does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. DeepRootsMB.com uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in polling and surveys.

Use Of Information

DeepRootsMB.com uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to enable users to participate in polls and surveys. DeepRootsMB.com never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our site users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

DeepRootsMB.com creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Sharing Of The Information

DeepRootsMB.com uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Security

At Deep Roots Massage & Bodywork, we understand your concerns about online security. That's one of the reasons we maintain rigorous standards to ensure your personal information is safe when you shop at DeepRootsMB.com.

We use encryption technology to ensure the secure transmission of any personal information you provide while using DeepRootsMB.com. All transactions at our site are conducted using 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. You can easily determine when you're sending data securely by looking at the web address (URL) in your browser window: the first few letters will change from "http" to "https" when you are transmitting information protected by SSL encryption. The "s" in "https" stands for "secure."

Popular Web browsers (such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, AOL Explorer and Safari) support SSL technology. To ensure you're getting the best protection available, we recommend using the latest version of your browser software and downloading security updates as they become available.

Note: Email is not a secure form of communication. Please do not send us your credit card number or other personal information via email.

Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by DeepRootsMB.com. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.